19. Research solar panels: Advantages and disadvantages of solar energy

This video is to help anyone considering going solar make better decisions. Solar is a big investment so you want to make sure you get it right by having good information about location, orientation, payback, panels and inverters. We go through the facts you need to see if the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for you.

Thanks, it was a little longer than I’d hoped but I struggled to cut stuff out. It’s such a good investment so often that I always think it is a shame when people oversell with unrealistic promises

Bullfrog

Still way too expensive. My quote came in at $80K before subsidies That’s for a 10kW system that would supply about about 50-75% of my home’s power. I’ll wait another 5 years and check prices again.

Suzy Hayes

Where do you live? I’d get some other quotes. HOLY COW!

Richard Ilaner

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Suzy Hayes

From the USA. We plan on staying in this old house until we die, so purchasing made the best sense to us. Our cost $19,000 bucks (with subsides). WE LOVE SOLAR! We installed, not necessarily to save money, but because we feel, it’s the right thing to do @ this time in history. The fact that our monthly solar payments are LESS than HALF of what our average monthly “Pacific Gas & Electric” bill was & because of “earned solar credits”, we have NO “PG & E” bill…..these are only added bonuses!

We did three years of intense research before purchasing. The entire experience, from install to production, has been WONDERFUL! We went through “The Solar Company” out of Castro Valley, CA. Their stellar “Better Business Bureau & “Consumer Affairs”” record and their “soft sale” approach is what sold us. There were no unrealistic promises given. We can’t find one negative regarding the entire experience!

Mats Tage Axelsson

What about batteries? TESLA has started selling the Power wall, any estimates on the benefits of these types of systems? Perhaps dump the grid completely?